Rainbow Food for Health

Good nutrition, can be achieved through a variety of food consumption. Why should vary? Because no one single food that contains all the elements are complete and adequate nutrition, except breast milk for the newborn until the age of 6 months.

Good nutritional status, he continued, can only be achieved through food consumption 3B, namely Diverse, nutritious, and balanced. "Consumption of food must be removed in order to have the effect of various complementation and synergy among nutrients," said Prof.Made Astawan, from the Department of Food Science Technology, Bogor Agricultural University.

National Cancer Institute recommends that we consume five food groups every day in color, namely red, white, blue / purple, yellow and green. "Every food color indicates the presence of certain phytochemicals are efficacious for the prevention of disease," said Made.

Fruits and vegetables naturally contain phytochemical compounds such as carotenoids, phytosterol, saponin, glucosinolate, sulfide, polyphenols, phytic acid, and so forth. The content of these phytochemicals have various physiological functions, such as anticancer, antimicrobial, antioxidant, antiinflammatory, immunomodulatory, and Ian forth.

Red color in tomatoes and watermelon, for example, contain the phytochemical lycopene which has the effect of preventing heart disease and prostate cancer. Meanwhile, blue or purple color found in fruits of grapes, beets, purple cabbage, strawberries, have the effect of preventing blood clots and Alzheimer's disease.

However, consumption of fruit and vegetables in large quantities is difficult because the large volume while the limited capacity of our stomachs. Enlarge Untum received power and increase intake of gastric substances that are contained in fruits and vegetables, Made recommends that we treat as a fruit and vegetable juices.

Olive Oil Prevent Breast Cancer

Although the taste of olive has become an attraction for thousands of years, modern research presents another reason to eat: Olive oil contains a single-chain polyunsaturated fats, vitamin E and polyphenols. Last two compounds were efficacious reduce cancer risk.

Since long time the experts have to know someone eating patterns associated with risk of breast cancer. In addition to advice to avoid foods high in fat, scientists have now advised the woman to do a Mediterranean diet based on fruits, vegetables, grains, and olive oil, as the best path to a healthy and protected from breast cancer.

Research conducted by scientists from Spain to the mice in the laboratory showed that a compound in olive oil will impede the genes responsible for the growth of tumor cells in the breast. This oil is also working with the deadly protein that becomes "food source" of cancer cells.

Dr.Eduard Escrich, lead researcher, suggested us to eat olive oil 50 ml, or the equivalent of 10 teaspoons of virgin olive oil every day. However, he said that the properties of olive oil as an antidote to this new cancer could be picked if this lifestyle is applied in the long term.

Mediterranean diet has been recognized experts on the protection for diseases such as cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and also to streamline the body.

Greece is the country's largest oil consumer in the world. People in countries that consume 20 times more olive oil than the United Kingdom and Italy, which also includes as a major producer of olive oil.